Process of decorating or ornamentation of high relief



All@ 3, 1937- l.. w. MANZER 2,089,096

PROCESS OF DECORATION OR ORNAMENTATION OF HIGH RELIEF Filed Aug. 24, 193e INVENTOR. aw/e/zce /l//Ya/fjef lATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 3, 1937 UITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PROCESS OF DECORATING OR ORNAMEN- TATION OF HIGH RELIEF 1 Claim.

This invention relates to the process of decoration or ornamentation of high relief, for use on such articles as plaques, waste paper baskets, lamp bases, lamp shades, small boxes, such as 5 cigarette containers, jewel or trinket boxes, writing desk sets and furniture, in fact practically anything upon which a relief decoration is desired.

In the past this type of ornamentation has l been done either with plaster, which required the constructing of molds or stencils to form the desired outline, with porcelain, china, pottery or earthenware where firing kilns are required to re the object, or by hand, such as relief work 15 out out of wood, marble, alabaster, onyx or stone.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved process for forming high relief, or the projection of figures, ornamentation, or the like, from a background, to

20 produce works of art.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved process for forming high relief which does not require the use of stensils to form the desired outline.

25 A still further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved process for forming high relief that may be practiced by one unskilled in the art of sculpturing, pottery or carving.

30 The above and other objects will appear more fully from the following more detailed ldescription, and from the drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing a back and an outline of fiowers thereon in bold relief in ac- 35 cordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of Fig. 1 showing the securing means for holding the outline to the back member;

Fig. 3 is a plan View similar to Fig. 1, show- 40 ing a differently shaped back and another type of relief work; and

Fig. 4 is a cross section of Fig. 3 showing the securing means and the manner-of raising the outline from the backing member.

45 A preferred application of the process comprises the cutting of paper, cloth, oilcloth, thin metal, thin wood, leather or parchment, rubber or linoleum into the desired shape to resemble the object desired, such, as for example, a flower, leaf, butterfly or bird, as designated by the numeral l0, and partially fastening this outline l0 with tacks, fasteners or glue, as designated by the numeral I I to a backing member l2. The user then covers the top of the partially secured outline l0 to a thickness of approximately oneeighth to one-quarter of an inch with a heavy liquid solution I3, consisting of Whiting, glue and the desired coloring, or of a solution of Whiting and glue, or coloring and glue. This solution may be mixed in various colors so that various 5 portions of the desired outline may be differently colored, and the outline may have printed instructions thereon to aid the unskilled user, such as red, green, blue, on the sections of the outline to receive a solution containing these colors. When the solution on the outline begins to dry, and inasmuch as the outline is only parially secured to the object to be decorated, the design may be raised around the securing means Il by the user from the object and shaped to the desired high relief eifect.- 'Ihe relief outline is then allowed to thoroughly dry, which operation usually takes from eighteen to twentyfour hours to complete, and when the solution is thoroughly dry, the high relief outline is rigid and the outline stands out in bold high relief just as if the ornamentation had been molded or cut out by hand, as shown best in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawing. It will be seen that the outline,

no matter what the material used, remains a part of the finished ornamentation and is not removed as are stencils after use, this backing outline also prevents the nished relief coming apart should the same become cracked.

It will be seen from the above that this process does not require one skilled in the arts of sculpturing, pottery or carving to procure satisfactory results, but that excellent results may be obtained immediately by the user by simply following the instructions set forth. The colored solution of Whiting and glue may be put up in containers ready for immediate use.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred steps for carrying on the process, the process is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details disclosed, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim: 1

The process of decoration or ornamentation of high relief, the same consisting of securing an outline element to an object to be decorated and covering said outline element with an initially plastic material, containing a stilfening and ccloring agent. raising said outline element from said object so that it will harden to form a finished coating and stand out in high relief.

LAWRENCE w. MANZER. 

